Tiki Central / Collecting Tiki / Polystone Inc. Tiki Figures
Post #374364 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 5:26 PM
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No info about the company, but "Ki'i" is the correct Hawaiian term for "Tiki", just like the Tahitian "Ti'i" stands for god figure. Only the Marquesan and the Maori language used the word "Tiki". The Hawaiians replaced the T with a K, as in "Tapu" ("Taboo") becoming "Kapu", and "Tahiti" becoming "Kahiki". |